Finding solace in music and its soothing effects is a panacea of the bleeding hearts. Anguish, repulsion, revulsion against establishment and power, frustration, dismay and depression all finds solution there. The emphasis is more to the lyric and its ethos rather than the music embedded there.
Let us explore the frontiers of such music and sense it…..

Monday, March 18, 2013

DAN HILL: SEDUCES ME [ 11.]

Daniel Grafton "Dan" Hill IV (born 3 June 1954) is a Canadian pop singer and songwriter. He had two major hits with his songs, "Sometimes When We Touch" and "Can't We Try", a duet with Vonda Shepard.

Hill was born in Toronto, the son of social scientist and public servant Daniel G. Hill, and brother of the author Lawrence Hill. He studied guitar in his teens, leaving high school at 17 to work as songwriter for RCA. At one point he was working for the Ontario provincial government, delivering office supplies, while performing at the Riverboat at night. In 1975, he released his first album, Dan Hill, which produced a Canadian hit single, "You Make Me Want to Be".

In 1977 Hill recorded the ballad "Sometimes When We Touch". He also wrote the lyrics and was assisted in the music by Barry Mann for the album from the same year, Longer Fuse, and it was released as a single. It was Hill's biggest hit, peaking at #3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and leading to Hill's appearances on The Merv Griffin Show and The Mike Douglas Show. Tina Turner covered the song in 1978 on her album Rough.

Another one of his hit songs was "It's a Long Road", which he recorded for the 1982 action movie First Blood. In 1985, he was one of the many Canadian performers to appear on the benefit single "Tears Are Not Enough" by Northern Lights. Although he had many hits in his native Canada, further singles did not fare as well in the United States, where, after "Let the Song Last Forever" in late 1978, he went almost a decade without cracking any of Billboard's singles charts.

In 1987, Hill returned to the Billboard Hot 100 with the Top 40 hit "Can't We Try", a duet with the then-unknown Vonda Shepard (her last name was incorrectly spelled "Sheppard" on the label). It peaked at #6 on the Hot 100. He also had a near Top 40 hit with "Never Thought (That I Could Love)". Both records reached #2 on the Adult Contemporary chart and set the stage for Hill to have three more top 10 U.S. AC hits through 1991's "I Fall All Over Again," though he did not make the Hot 100 again after "Never Thought (That I Could Love)."

A road trip to a Hill concert was the subject of the 1994 Canadian comedy film, South of Wawa.

In 2007 he toured with the CBC Radio program The Vinyl Cafe.

Hill was a lifelong friend of writer Paul Quarrington, and the two also occasionally performed together as a folk music duo, billed as Quarrington/Hill. The pair's final collaboration, a song about death called "Are You Ready", was completed just ten days before Quarrington's death in early 2010, and will be featured in a forthcoming television documentary, Paul Quarrington: Life in Music.

1. NEVER THOUGHT

Can I touch you?
I can't believe that you are real
How did I ever find you?
You are the dream that saved my life
You are the reason I survived
Baby...

I never thought that I could love
Someone as much as I love you
I know it's crazy but it's true
I never thought that I could need
Someone as much as I need you
I love you...

Can I hold you?
Girl your smile lights up the sky
You are too beautiful for the human eye
You are the dream that never dies
You are the fire that burns inside
Baby...

I never thought that I could love
Someone as much as I love you
I know it's crazy but it's true
I never thought that I could need
Someone as much as I need you
I love you...

You are the sunshine in the sky
You are the sparkle in my eyes

I never thought that I could love
Someone as much as I need you
I know it's crazy but it's true
I never thought that I could need
Someone as much as I need you
I love you.

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2. I WANNA MAKE LOVE TO YOU

I see you when you think no one sees.
I feel you (so close) every time you breathe.
I need you more than I needed anyone, it's true.
I wanna make love to you.

Walking down some crowded street,
Your laughter (so pure) sounds like a symphony.
Desire sweeps through me tryin' to stay cool, it's true.
I wanna make love to you. wanna make love to you.

And it feels like we've waited so long
Just to see what we really feel.
Girl, with you by my side,
My world comes alive.

You whisper (so soft) something I can't repeat.
Your skin brushes close, touches mine so innocently.
The sun burns hot, need some relief, it's true.
I wanna make love to you (you're so close).
Wanna make love to you (wanna be a part of you).

And it feels like I've waited a lifetime
Just to tell you what's on my mind.
It's so hard to reveal
All the passion I feel.

I wanna make love to you. (I just wanna make love, oh.)
Wanna make love to you. (I just wanna make love to you.)
Wanna make love to you. (I just wanna make love.)
(let me hold you till you're a part of me.)
I wanna make love to you. (I just wanna make love.)
(till you're in ecstasy)
Wanna make love to you. (I just wanna make love to you.)
(you're eyes are so soft and sweet.)
Wanna make love to you. (I just wanna make love.)
(let me hold you till you're a part of me.)
I wanna make love to you. (I just wanna make love.)
Wanna make love to you. (I just wanna make love to you.)
Wanna make love to you. (I just wanna make love.)

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3. HEALING POWER OF LOVE

Do you believe in the healing power of love,
Or is it just a fantasy?
Do you believe in the power from above?
feel it between you and me.
And I don`t have to look in your eyes to know
There`s something going on here
that`s out of our control

This is happening too fast for us to fight.
There`s a healing power (healing power)
deep in all of us.
In the darkest hour (darkest hour)
we can still rise up (still rise up).
There`s a new horizon shining
between you and me.

When you slip your hand in mine,
I feel the rub of the healing power of love.
(healing power)
And we got nothing but love to pull us through,
Love and compassion (ooh,
love and compassion),

But in this desperation world nothing else will do.
Oh, we can make it happen
(only we can make it happen).
And you don`t have to say a word,
I understand (I am yours only).
When you lay down,
your love lasts forever (waiting forever).

You will always be my woman,
and I will be your man.
There`s a healing power
(healing power) deep in all of us.
In the darkest hour (darkest hour)
we can still rise up (still rise up).
There`s a new horizon shining
between you and me.

When you slip your hand in mine,
I feel the rush of the healing power of love.
Deep in the night, when we`re so alone,
I swear I feel the power that`s
Greater than our own.
And how a love unfolds
as we tumble through the darkness
to the great unknown.

There`s a healing power
(there`s a healing power) deep in all of us.
In the darkest hour (darkest hour)
we can still rise up (still rise up).
There`s a new horizon shining
between you and me.
When you slip your hand in mine, I feel the rub of the healing power of love.

There`s a healing power
(there`s a healing power),
it`s so deep in us.
In the darkest hour
(the darkest hour)
there`s a healing power of love.
There`s a healing power
(there`s a healing),
I can feel it now.
In the darkest hour
(the darkest hour)
we can still rise up (still rise up).

There`s a healing power
(there`s a healing power)
deep in all of us.
In the darkest hour
(darkest hour) we can still rise up (still rise up).

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Didn’t mean to make you cry
I can say such stupid things sometimes
Right or wrong, you are where I belong

When last night you said goodbye
I felt something deep inside me die, oh
Right or wrong, you are where I belong

This world can be so lonely
When you’re not near
You are the only reason
Girl, that I’m still here, oh

Love can hurt so bad, they say
Wouldn’t have it any other way, oh
Right or wrong, you are where I belong
Right or wrong, you are where I belong

This world can be so lonely
Girl, when you’re not near, oh
You are the only reason
The only reason I’m still here, oh

Didn’t mean to make you cry
Let me see those sad eyes shining
Right or wrong, you are where I belong
Oh that’s forever
Right or wrong, you are where I belong

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5. SOME TIMES WHEN WE TOUCH

You ask me if I love you
And I choke on my reply
I'd rather hurt you honestly
Than mislead you with a lie
And who am I to judge you
On what you say or do?
I'm only just beginning to see the real you

And sometimes when we touch
The honesty's too much
And I have to close my eyes and hide
I wanna hold you til I die
Til we both break down and cry
I wanna hold you till the fear in me subsides

Romance and all its strategy
Leaves me battling with my pride
But through the insecurity
Some tenderness survives
I'm just another writer
Still trapped within my truth
A hesitant prize fighter
Still trapped within my youth

And sometimes when we touch
The honesty's too much
And I have to close my eyes and hide
I wanna hold you til I die
Til we both break down and cry
I wanna hold you till the fear in me subsides

At times I'd like to break you
And drive you to your knees
At times I'd like to break through
And hold you endlessly

At times I understand you
And I know how hard you've tried
I've watched while love commands you
And I've watched love pass you by
At times I think we're drifters
Still searching for a friend
A brother or a sister
But then the passion flares again

And sometimes when we touch
The honesty's too much
And I have to close my eyes and hide
I wanna hold you til I die
Till we both break down and cry
I wanna hold you till the fear in me subsides

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6. CAN'T WE TRY

I see your face cloud over like a little girl's
And your eyes have lost their shine
You whisper something softly, I'm not meant to hear
Baby, tell me what's on your mind

I don't' care what people say
About the two of us from different worlds
I love you so much that it hurts inside
Are you listening Please listen to me, girl

Can't we try just a little bit harder
Can't we give just a little bit more
Can't we try to understand
That it's love we're fighting for

Can't we try just a little more passion
Can't we try just a little less pride
I love you so much, baby
That it tears me up inside

I hear you on the telephone with God knows who
Spilling out your heart for free
Everyone needs someone they can talk to
Girl, that someone should be me

So many times I've tried to tell you
You just turn away
How did I know

My life is changing so fast now
Leaves me lonely and afraid
Don't be afraid, no

Can't we try just a little bit harder
Can't we give just a little bit more
Can't we try to understand
That it's love we're fighting for

Oh, can't we try just a little more passion
Can't we try just a little less pride
I love you so much, baby
That it tears me up inside

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9. LET THE SONG LAST FOR EVER

I could spend my whole life writing love songs
If they’d help bring me closer to you
Trying to find the right words
But they all get so blurred

While expressing my feelings I get so confused
I can analyze and you can analyze
We can both analyze till we’re blue
Let emotions take reign let them play their own games
Let the freedom of youth captivate you

Let this song last forever let this song last a day
Let our love last a lifetime let our love fade away
No matter what happens if we go our own way
We’ll be both walking wiser if walking away

No I know you’ve been hurt you’ve been broken
Life just ain’t real without pain
And there’s no guarantee that all ends happily
But when you fall you gotta rise up swinging again
And you can run away I can run away
We can both run till our lives are through
Some people hide till their hollow inside
Please don’t allow this to happen to you

Let this song last forever let this song last a day
Let our love last a lifetime let our love fade away
No matter what happens if we go our own way
We’ll be both walking wiser if walking away

I’m so damn tired of hearing songs about pain
There’s so much to learn, life’s too short now to spend it afraid
Let this song last forever let this song last a day
Let our love last a lifetime let our love fade away
No matter what happens if we go our own way
We’ll be both walking wiser if walking away

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10. I DREAM i SAW YOUR FACE LAST NIGHT

As I gaze into the sky
There’s a shooting star that’s falling
As it dwindles into floating dust
My name I hear it calling
Oh God I’d love to be free
But there’s something wrong, you see
I can’t make it
Just with me
I’m lonely...

Well I dreamt I saw your face last night
Just an image in the long
While falling through space I felt
Just you and me
And god
I just don’t know if I can believe in you
The dreamer deep inside me
Surely wants me to
If only dreams come true

At times I get this feeling
That there’s more to my life then greets my eyes
Just a crazy kind of feeling
Then I take a look around
This world’s falling down
Only a clown could believe ...believe

Well everyone’s had hopes I guess
On how the world should be
Everyone’s had dreams that just elude reality

Oh and God your name’s been used
For politics for power
God your name’s been used
For all the love that towers
But has yet to fall - upon us all
Well I dreamt I saw your face last night...

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11. SEDUCES ME

Everything you are, everything you'll be
Touches the current of love so deep in me
Every sigh in the night
every tear that you cry seduces me

And all that I am and all that I'll be
means nothing at all if you can't be with me
Your most innocent kiss, girl, your sweetest caress
seduces me

I don't care about tomorrow
I've given up on yesterday
Here and now is all that matters
Right here with you is where I'll stay

Everything in this world
Every voice in the night
Every little thing of beauty
Is shining through your eyes
And all that is you
Becomes part of me too,
Cause all that you do seduces me

And if I should die tomorrow,
I'd go down a happy man
I thank God I've ever known you
I fall down on my knees
For all the love we've had

Every sigh in the night
Every tear that you cry
Seduces me, oh, seduces me
And all that you do seduces me.

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